According to the book, Unrestricted Warfare, the end goal of economic warfare is chaos. It is accomplished through social panic, street riots and a political crisis after confidence is destroyed in the banking system, media, stock market, and power grid.

“However, by using the combination method, a completely different scenario and game can occur: if the attacking side secretly (or quietly) musters large amounts of capital without the enemy nation being aware of this at all and launches a sneak attack against its financial markets, then after causing a financial crisis, buries a computer virus and hacker detachment in the opponent’s computer system in advance, while at the same time carrying out a network attack against the enemy so that the civilian electricity network, traffic dispatching network, financial transaction network, telephone communications network, and mass media network are completely paralyzed, this will cause the enemy nation to fall into social panic, street riots, and a political crisis.”

There is already an effort to sway electors for the Electoral College to go against their pledge and elect Clinton over Trump. Some are being begged while others are receiving death threats. Who is funding that effort?

By the way, if an election is subject to hacking, is a recount also vulnerable? Are there precautions in place?

Now, just imagine for a moment the chaos that would be unleashed if the election results were mysteriously overturned by a recount taking place in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. It would be Civil War, perhaps even leading to the imposition of Martial Law. Would that be the intention?

One thing is clear. The raw ingredients are in place for an Unrestricted Warfare attack on the United States. And the time between the election and the Inauguration is considered ideal for such an attack. [By the way, let me use this opportunity to again plug the novel, Election: Unrestricted Warfare, written by my good friend Chris Graham. I’m using his book cover photo for this blog because the title fits so well.]

Keep in mind that it is highly unlikely, actually virtually impossible, for a fair recount to change the election results. There would have to be (or have been) serious manipulation at work. We do not expect anything to change. Donald Trump should be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. But we should remain ever vigilant and remain in prayer. This is no time to let our guard down. There’s too much at stake and too many people who would prefer to see America fall.

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107 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy…

Essentially, the psalm explains the following pattern that humans encounter: People are shown grace. They mess up big time. Things go wrong. The people cry out to God and He delivers them. Then, He wonders if men will stop to thank him.

This Thanksgiving, we must stop and properly Thank God.

I do believe that the election provided an important change to the direction of our nation. It provides hope for our future and takes us off at least one dangerous path. We don’t know what will happen going forward. But I do know that there are good people working with President-elect Trump at the highest levels.

Now, we are seeing chaos underway inside India. Essentially, the government decided to ban all larger denomination bills. Could Soros be playing a role there? We don’t know, but there is certainly panic and chaos underway. It may be a test for the banning of cash globally.

Today, my friend John Mauldin published an excellent piece by Patrick Watson that “connects the dots” and serves as a warning for other nations, including the United States. I’ve excerpted it here:

By Patrick Watson November 22, 2016

Two weeks ago, millions of Americans voted against Hillary Clinton because, among other reasons, we thought she would raise taxes or otherwise take our money.

Most of us didn’t notice what happened on the other side of the world that very same day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi really did take everyone’s money.

Citizens of India learned, with only a few hours’ notice, that their 500 and 1,000-rupee notes were no longer legal tender. Those are—or were—the country’s largest-denomination bills and the foundation of a huge underground economy. Now they’re just paper.

The results were what you would expect: confusion, chaos, and fear. Nevertheless, you can bet other governments watched closely. India could be just the first cash domino to fall.

Modi’s “Demonetization” Turned into a Mess

I must confess to not knowing much about India—the closest I’ve ever been is hearing some Sanskrit words in yoga class. I hope to visit someday, though. When I do, I’ll have to bring my Visa card because my cash may not work there.

This is necessitated to tackle counterfeiting Indian banknotes, to effectively nullify black money hoarded in cash and curb funding of terrorism with fake notes.

Starting from November 10, 2016, members of public/corporates, business firms, societies, trusts, etc., holding these notes can tender them at any office of the Reserve Bank or any bank branch and obtain value thereof by credit into their respective bank accounts.

Just like that, billions of currency notes suddenly became unusable. They will retain their value until the end of the year, but the only way to use them is by going to the bank and exchanging them for smaller notes, up to a limit of 4,000 rupees (about US$60).

People can also deposit them in a bank account and then use a debit card or electronic transfers for purchases.

That sounds simple enough, but quickly became a mess.

Lines formed at banks, with people waiting for days, only to find the bank ran out of smaller bills. Those without bank accounts had no way to make routine transactions. Already impoverished people had to spend their work time waiting to exchange their money. New bills intended to replace the old ones were scarce.

The results spread through the economy like wildfire. Merchants lost sales because customers couldn’t pay. Some resorted to barter. Media reports suggest restoring normal commerce could take months.

A few people reportedly died, most of them elderly citizens waiting outside banks for days, but also some overworked bank employees.

With consequences ranging from disruptive to fatal, why would any government do something like this?

It’s the latest step in Prime Minister Modi’s war on corruption and tax evasion, much of it conducted in cash. He says restricting cash (he calls it “demonetization”) will help boost the economy.

Maybe it will. Estimates show anywhere from 25-40% of India’s economic activity happens off the books. Bringing it out of the shadows and into the banking system, even by force, may help in the long run. It will certainly raise tax revenue initially. But it also carries a big cost.

Believe it or not, some experts think we should do something much like this in the US.

Are We Moving Toward a Cashless Society?

Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff has a new book out called The Curse of Cash. He thinks we should eliminate most paper bills. His plan is to phase out $100, $50, and $20 bills, which together account for about 97% of the face value of all US dollars in circulation. He generously lets us keep the small change.

Rogoff isn’t aiming only at tax evaders and drug dealers. He thinks paper money is problematic no matter who holds it because cash restricts monetary policy. It would get in the way if the Federal Reserve ever wanted to push interest rates into the negative range, the way central banks in Japan and the Eurozone already have.

Under a negative interest rate policy (NIRP), putting cash in the bank costs the depositor money instead of earning it. You can avoid this simply by holding paper currency… but not if the paper currency doesn’t exist because your government followed Professor Rogoff’s advice.

In a blog post after the India move, Rogoff said his plan isn’t meant for developing nations where fewer citizens use the banking system. But he still thinks it may benefit India in due course.

Professor Rogoff isn’t some fringe wacko. Influential people listen to him and read his books.

Forcing more transactions into the banking system would make tax collection easier and help authorities keep tabs on everyone’s activities. It’s the sort of thing central planners and authoritarian regimes have always loved, but modern technology lets them do it more effectively.

Would any major powers do this? Some already are. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are all trying to go cashless. The European Central Bank hasn’t gone that far but is phasing out €500 notes.

Some banks are moving even faster. Citicorp’s Australian arm said this month it would stop handling notes and coins in its branches due to lack of demand. Fewer than 4% of its Australian customers have used cash in the last year, Citi says.

Watch for the Warning Signs

This whole idea of a “cashless society” used to be a kooky fringe belief. Conspiracy promoters said jackbooted government thugs would kick in your door any minute and confiscate all your vegetables.

Senior Economic Analyst Patrick Watson is a master in connecting the dots and finding out where budding trends are leading. Patrick is the editor of Mauldin Economics’ high-yield income letter, Yield Shark, and co-editor of the premium alert service, Macro Growth & Income Alert. You can also follow him on Twitter (@PatrickW) to see his commentary on current events.

Interestingly, at the same time this was published, there was an opinion piece about India, warning them of Unrestricted Warfare attacks. Now, remember that the Chinese authors of Unrestricted Warfare claimed that this type of financial warfare would be based on what they learned watching George Soros.

SUDARSHAN RAMABADRAN | Tue, 22 Nov 2016-08:00am , DNA

On October 20, 2016, it was reported that India underwent the biggest data breach to date with as many as 3.2 Million debit card details reportedly stolen from multiple banks and financial platforms. The massive financial breach hit India’s biggest banks including State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis. The report which was widely carried across multiple news platforms also has quoted sources saying that the malware took almost six weeks to be detected, compromising transactions that took place during this period.

On October 21,2016, it was again reported, a distributed denial-of-service attack — a common attack that floods a server with traffic so it can’t perform — hit the domain name system managed by the popular provider Dyn, disrupting user access to some of the web’s biggest sites, including Twitter, Etsy, GitHub, Reddit and the New York Times was not spared either.

On November 6, 2016, it was reported that the Indian embassy websites in seven different countries namely, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Mali, South Africa, Libya, and Malawi have been hacked, and attackers have leaked personal data, including full name, residential address, email address, passport number and phone number, of Indian citizens living abroad.

To all these attacks, there has been one standard line of response by those investigating. “The nature and source of the attack is still under investigation.”

In June 2011, Stuxnet, a computer virus was seen lurking in databanks of power plants, traffic control systems, and factories around the world. This virus was said to be 20 times more complex than any previous virus code. The virus had the capability to switch of oil pipelines or even nuclear reactors. Stuxnet was a weapon, an open source weapon, a first to be made entirely by a code.

Be it in 2011 or now through debit card attacks or striking global websites in almost consecutive days, the inference is clear, whether one likes it or not, we are at war and civilian technology is being employed as military weapons without blood being shed. As days go by, the intensity of such wars will only get bigger and better. Thus it is time India braces up to warfare being fought not just frontally but also to other confrontations fought asymmetrically or through multidimensional attacks on almost every aspect of social, political, and economic life. It is in this context that the statement of fighting undefined war assumes great significance. Two of China’s finest military strategists, Col. Qiao Liang and Col. Wang Xiangsui term this as ‘Unrestricted Warfare’, in their words this form of warfare has ‘no rules and nothing is forbidden’.

The United States too has in its defence documents has clearly stated that the different types of war fighting that will take place in the future, will be, information warfare, precision warfare, joint operations and significantly military operations other than war.

In 1999, China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Arts, Culture and Publishing House came out with a forewarning at least 3 years before 9/11 attacks : The vast majority of development plans of the present American military, such as those of the army for the 21st century, are all focussed upon dealing with an enemy with conventional heavy armour, and if the United States encounters an enemy with low-level technology, an intermediate –level enemy, or one with equivalent power at the beginning of the next century, then the problem of insufficient- frequency bandwidth will possibly occur. Actually, with the next century still not yet arrived, the American military has already encountered trouble from insufficient – frequency bandwidth brought on by the three above- mentioned enemies. Whether it be the intrusions of hackers, a major explosion at the World Trade Centre, or a bomb attacking by Bin-laden, all of these greatly exceed the bandwidths understood by the American military. This is because they have never taken into consideration and have even refused to consider means that are contrary to tradition and to select measures of operation other than military means.

So, in essence, the battlefield today is omnipresent and it is everywhere. It is best to recognise and be aware of it.

Does the battlefield have any form? Is one aware that such a battlefield with no rules exists? Is one equipped to fight this asymmetric battle?

Delving deep, there are several forms to‘Unrestricted Warfare’. Col. Qiao Liang and Col. Wang Xiangsui have enlisted different types of unrestricted warfares, some of these as Financial Warfare, which means, entering and subverting banking and stock markets and manipulating the value of a targeted currency. Second, Smuggling Warfare, which means, sabotaging a rival country’s economy by flooding its market with illegal goods, and jeopardizing a local economy by flooding the market with pirated products.

Third, Cultural Warfare means influencing the cultural biases of a targeted country by imposing your own cultural view points. Fourth, Media and Fabrication Warfare, means, manipulating foreign media either by comprising or intimidating journalists or getting access to another country’s airwaves and imposing your own perspectives.

Fifth, International Law warfare, which means, joining international or multinational organisations in order to subvert their policies and the interpretation of legal rulings. Network warfare which revolves around dominating information systems. Environmental and economic warfare are some of the many more types of unrestricted warfare that can be used in today’s time and age.

These are some examples of how the strong can easily be defeated by simple merciless methods.

The awakening to guard oneself and fight such forms of unrestricted warfare can start just by recognising that such forms of warfare exist and that the boundaries to warfare will not be defined as the normal convention goes.

Today every enemy will move beyond the contours of traditional warfare and as Sun Tzu says the thumb rule will be “Strike where the enemy is not prepared, take him by surprise”

And this is why Manohar Parikkar’s statement even though personal in capacity offers a glimmer of hope that India may be moving beyond the contours of defined warfare and may well be preparing ground to confront the various forms of ‘unrestricted warfare’ and to me this should be the guiding principle for India’s strategic doctrine in years to come.

If we truly connect the dots, the push for chaos, India’s currency turmoil, and the external attacks on India, we have to wonder who is involved and what the end game might be. Is Soros at work? Is China? Domestic ineptness? A test by elitists to see what happens when moving to a cashless society? No matter what, this is global economic warfare and it will not remain in India. We will see an American impact, sooner or later.

So what should you do? Celebrate Thanksgiving! Give praise for the opportunity the election affords America for positive change. But remain aware that there are many forces at work in the world. Being aware is the first step in addressing the problem. God bless, and Happy Thanksgiving.

The media is going nuts over President-elect Trump and his transition. It seems as if nothing is going right for the elitists who like to tell us what to think. That’s good news for America! It comes on the heels of what I believe was God’s divine intervention for America with last week’s election. We must give glory where it’s due and it belongs to God.

I’ve just been on a National Security call with key members inside the Trump team. They assure me that the process is going more smoothly than the media is claiming. They are getting the support and decisions they need and the decisions are good.

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MICHAEL D. SHEAR, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ERIC SCHMITT
THE NEW YORK TIMES November 16, 2016 UPDATED 10:52 AM

All eyes may be on Trump Tower as the presidential transition team holds off on nominations for crucial cabinet posts, but President-elect Donald J. Trump appears intent on beating the press. Meanwhile, transition turmoil continues.

Rather than delve into the falsehoods and attacks, let me just restate that things seem to be going pretty well. There’s no doubt that the media is attacking with a vengeance in a desperate attempt to cause disarray and keep good people out who could make a real difference. They want the President-elect to put the same old establishment back into power. So far, the media seems to be failing.

One perfect example of how the media is attempting to sabotage good people happened the other day with my friend and true patriot Clare Lopez. Huffington Post went after her aggressively but I am hopeful it will be to no avail.

Lopez is the vice president of the Center for Security Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that focuses on the threat of Islamic jihad. She was on a short list of names that the Daily Caller reported as coming directly from the Trump transition team.

According to Lopez’s biography, she spent 20 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency before she became a popular writer for conservative websites like Breitbart News and World Net Daily. She served as an adviser to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and while she didn’t hold an official post within Trump’s campaign, the president-elect regularly cited her work to support his anti-Muslim positions.

Lopez and Frank Gaffney, the president of the Center for Security Policy, have both promoted the idea that the executive branch is teeming with Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters. Their conspiracies became popular during the age of Trump, with members of the alt-right spreading the discredited theories in order to justify their support of the president-elect …

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that works to combat hate and discrimination, has labeled Lopez’s organization an anti-Muslim hate group. Heidi Beirich, who directs SPLC’s Intelligence Project, told The Huffington Post that Trump’s reported consideration of Lopez for a White House job was a “tragedy,” and “means nothing good for the Muslim American community.”

“We don’t want members of hate groups who have raging bigoted ideas about Muslims in the White House,” said Beirich. “That’s the last place they should be.”

WOW! How could they be both so right and so wrong at the same time? If you start with a rational worldview, you understand that there are real threats and Islamofascists HAVE attempted to infiltrate the government (and will try to infiltrate the Trump team). To deny this is to bury your head in the sand or to assume that our enemies are totally inept (which is ridiculous).

Another friend, Dr. Tawfik Hamid (Muslim by faith) agrees. He wrote in Newsmax today:

When you encounter a religious ideology in the 21st century that promotes killing apostates, stoning women to death for sexual indiscretions, and brutally slaughtering gays; an ideology that instigates wars to impose its inhumane value system upon others; an ideology that not only condones but encourages its soldiers to take female war prisoners as sex slaves — and when you contemplate the number of terrorist acts conducted in its name — then you begin to realize that feeling some trepidation in the face of that religious ideology is not only rational, but probably advisable from a purely survival instinct standpoint.

It is definitively not an irrational response, and therefore by definition not a phobia. In fact, to not recoil in horror from such an ideology must be seen as a disease that needs to be treated . . . A deeper analysis of this situation reveals that the real problem is actually “Islamophilia” not “Islamophobia.”

“Islamophilia” has taken a variety of forms, such as insisting that Islam is a religion of peace, pronouncing Jihad a peaceful endeavor, and claiming that Shariah laws are compatible with the U.S. Constitution — despite overwhelming evidence against such unfounded assertions, which contradict both historical facts and current mainstream Islamic teaching . . .

I contacted Clare upon seeing and she just laughed. She has not been contacted for a job (yet) but would be fantastic in any position. But the crazed Huffington Post, which should be against Islamofascism as it opposes any sense of liberal values, demonstrates the incredible hypocrisy of the left.

Today’s news contained one piece of REALLY GREAT NEWS. We are told that the demotion of Chris Christie and replacement by VP-elect Pence is evidence of “turmoil.” We see it as part of the effort to oust lobbyists and drain the swamp.

Personally significant is the apparent ouster of Mike Rogers from the National Security team. I encountered Congressman Rogers when he was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and I was warning Congress about the risks of economic warfare. He and his staff appeared dismissive, almost unwilling to listen. This was a notable and serious departure from the reception received at the Pentagon including by ONA, DARPA, DIA, and SOLIC. It would have been one thing had he or even his staff bothered to hear me out and then decided there wasn’t a problem. But that was not the case at all.

WASHINGTON—Another round of staff changes buffeted President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team Tuesday amid resistance from within the Republican Party over a top choice for secretary of state.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence formally signed documents that put him in charge of the transition team, and officials insisted the 10-week effort to build an administration is on schedule. In one of his first moves, Mr. Pence ordered the removal of all lobbyists from the transition team, said one transition team member with knowledge of the decisions.

Earlier Tuesday, former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, once considered a candidate to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, was ousted from the Trump transition team’s national security unit. Matthew Freedman, who was leading the group’s planning for the White House National Security Council, also departed. Mr. Freedman didn’t return messages seeking comment.

Mr. Rogers was told he was being replaced because everyone who was brought in by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the transition team’s original chairman, was being ousted, according to a person familiar with the conversation. Frank Gaffney, a Reagan administration veteran, was brought in to assist on national security issues, as has GOP U.S. Reps. Pete Hoekstra and Devin Nunes.

We see this as extremely good news. Frank is a great friend. In fact, he interviewed me the day after the election to find out what I thought needed to be done when Donald Trump became President. I joined some true luminaries on his program that day.

I am heading to DC tomorrow and am privileged to there advise a group of powerful conservatives on what the Trump team needs to do in the first 100 days. I will also be able to connect individually with several key members of the transition team. To date, I’ve received nine calls from VIPs I truly respect either asking for my support or volunteering to support me in remaining involved in some way with the new Administration.

The Republicans are certainly celebrating the astounding victory of Donald Trump Tuesday night. Even though Secretary Clinton won the reported popular vote, President-elect Trump captured the Electoral College (with maybe 306 electoral votes) and most of the geography of the United States as illustrated in the map above. I say “illustrated” because while the example basically shows the voting by county, I’m not 100% sure of its accuracy. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that Trump triumphed in a “sea of red” across the United States.

In some ways, Donald Trump has been compared to Winston Churchill. Both called out the appeasing establishment regarding potentially existential threats. For Churchill, the threat was Hitler. To Trump, open borders, bad trade policies, a declining military, and indirect political support for ISIS, Iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Churchill was crude in some of his commentary but stalwart in his positions. Trump has been crude in his commentary. He was stalwart in the campaign. Now we will see if he remains so in his personnel selections and policies.

While we agree with the President-elect regarding border threats, bad trade deals, the military and Islamic fascism, we would like to see him also address threats to our electric grid, currency, and financial markets. We are hopeful that his “Make America Great Again” plan will cover those crucial areas. I will travel to DC this week to meet with national leaders regarding the transition and also to brief them on national security threats. For the first time in eight years, I am hopeful that our Federal Government will take cyber-economic warfare seriously.

I have written, co-authored, or contributed chapters to eight books, six of which deal with economic warfare and three of which became best sellers. One of those I contributed to, titled Warning Order: China Prepares for Conflict and Why We Must Do the Same, also featured a chapter from Dr. Peter Navarro. This is significant because Dr. Navarro is one of Trump’s top economic advisors. I consider Dr. Navarro a strong ally in understanding the China threat. I also was honored to participate in a couple of “war game” simulations regarding economic attacks and contribute to three formal studies for the Secretary of Defense.

Over the past eight years, I have made what seems like 100 trips to Washington, the vast majority on my own nickel. The net result? I’ve spent a great deal of money educating a good number of people. I’d get a call from one of the agencies or a Congressman asking me to fly at the last-minute to DC for a briefing. Some understood immediately the risks I’d outlined. Others refused to see. Those who “got it” were stifled by the Administration in attempting to do anything about it. Now, perhaps, the tables have turned. We may be given the opportunity to address the very real cyber-economic threats facing America.

For starters, I believe that President Trump will have the opportunity to do some remarkable things economically that will strengthen our position dramatically.In a strategy outlined in Chapter 12 in the book Game Plan, we explained an eight-step program to return America to greatness. The Trump campaign has already made positive promises regarding all eight steps. That is sort of remarkable. It seems he already agrees in principle. He understands that at least in trade matters, this is an economic war. He believes we should do straight forward things like protect the border. He seems to realize that the Zero-Interest-Rate-Policy is a failure. With that, he understands the need to repatriate American capital from overseas. He believes in an “all of the above” American energy policy. He promises to reduce regulation. He promises to simplify the tax code. He believes in teaching American exceptionalism. And he promises to unshackle the Church. In January 2014, I wrote about those eight steps as essential to “restore our greatness.” He says “make America great again.” I know Mr. Trump was given Secret Weapon by a friend in 2012 because he sent back a nice note of thanks. Perhaps he also read Game Plan? Regardless, he is on the right path in this regard already.

A good element of the Trump economic plan could very easily work like this (pardon the oversimplification):

First, use the borrowing power of the Federal government to obtain very low interest, 50-year infrastructure bonds. The capital raised would comprise a pool of money or a fund that could be tapped for legitimate infrastructure projects. Allow American corporations with cash overseas to bring that money home tax-free if they use it to purchase those bonds or otherwise directly invest in infrastructure. That should easily raise up to $2 trillion almost immediately. Let municipalities and states borrow money from the fund without political strings attached but with real economic purpose. That would create jobs and tax revenues that would get the economy growing again. It would strengthen the currency and position us as clear global leaders. My friend John Mauldin came up with this basic idea (I’ve added a few tweaks) and I think it’s a good one. John and I shared a plane flight a few weeks ago and how he explained the plan made all kinds of sense.

If you combine the infrastructure plan with an easing of the stifling regulatory regime, reduced tax burdens, and a return to real interest rates, you have an amazingly powerful combination. We have already shared how excessive regulation has severely diminished our standard of living. And Obamacare has seriously distorted health care, making the Affordable Care Act anything but affordable. There are no doubt great private-sector solutions that can keep Americans safe and healthy without destroying the middle class and the incentive to succeed. If done properly, we won’t have to blow out the Federal budget. Yes, there would be more very long-term debt, but the proceeds will be placed in areas that will grow the economy rather than simply transfer wealth. Over time, the growth should result in falling deficits if Congress will hold the line on spending. And profitable projects would repay the debt over time. Net cost would be remarkably low, if done properly.

Of course, all of this represents promise and opportunity. Time will tell if any of it becomes reality. If it does, half of what we need to win the economic war will be in place, e.g., real, sustainable growth.

“Media and fabrication warfare” means manipulating foreign media, either by compromising or intimidating journalists or getting access to another country’s airwaves and imposing your own national perspectives.

(New concept weapons includeany) rumor or scandal that…exposes the leaders of an enemy country on the Internet.

Hopefully, the incoming President will surround himself with the right people to address these threats with positive solutions. Assuming they are willing to listen, I am ready and willing to help, as are my colleagues. Hopefully, I will learn more as my week in Washington unfolds.

Every election is called the most important in our lifetime. This time, it is true. Our future is on the line and the final votes will be counted Tuesday. The question is, who will determine our future?

According to the 15th Amendment of the Constitution, the citizen’s right to vote is sacred. But what happens when non citizens want to determine our future? The President has warned that Russians want to place one candidate in office. That would be a disaster. But that same President appears to be encouraging non citizens, aka “undocumented immigrants,” aka “illegal aliens,” to vote (or at least suggesting that they wouldn’t get caught). He appears to guarantee that there won’t be any pesky issues if they do (like facing deportation). Since Secretary Clinton seems to favor open borders, this seems to suggest that our nation can be overrun and the invaders are welcome to take over our government through the political system.

We are hoping, actually praying, that well-informed Americans will use wisdom and vote properly in a fair election. In order to do our part, this Blog is designed to inform citizens on one of the most crucial issues we face: the risks of global cyber-economic warfare. To that end, we will examine the candidates for President, their positions on issues, the people surrounding them, and whether or not they will make our nation more safe or less safe if elected. After the election, we will report back on what we think should be done in light of the results.

If Trump were somehow in Putin’s pocket, this would be disqualifying. But we don’t really have any evidence of that except that the two have made positive statements about each other. Does this mean Trump would rollover to Putin? We don’t believe so, based on the national security team surrounding Trump. And, it is not his nature. But we are certain that Soros and Clinton Foundation donors in the Middle East have great sway over Clinton.

Overall, our conclusion with Trump is that there may be multiple unknowns. But we trust the team around him. He has not disqualified himself with carelessness over emails. He puts America first. He promises a better job negotiating trade deals. Is he an ideal candidate? No. No one is. But he is potentially a very good one. If he puts America first as promised and adopts growth-oriented policies, our economic position would strengthen dramatically.

Unfortunately, we have to compare an unknown with a certain risk. We choose the unknown with multiple hopeful signs. We believe that from an economic warfare perspective, Trump is the far better choice. Clinton is too vulnerable on too many fronts. She will continue the failed policies of the past eight years and add new threats. Her feigned ignorance of cyber security (in order to protect her privacy) is enough to draw a conclusion.

There’s a new novel out by my colleague and friend Chris Graham. It combines two of the topics we regularly discuss on this Blog–The Chinese version of Unrestricted Warfare and the politics of elections. I was privileged to be among the initial reviewers and can heartily endorse the book.

After the Iranian revolution, the new Islamic Republic of Iran instigates a series of terrorist attacks around the world. For what purpose? Col. Qiao Liang and Col. Wang Xiangsui unveil a modernized version of SunTzu’s tactics for China: Unrestricted Warfare. How could this be unfolding in current events? A corruptible American President approaches re-election in 2016. Who is trying to manipulate her?

“Chris Graham…[is] one of the best, brightest and bravest Marines I’ve ever known and now he’s proven himself to be a sharp-edged master of suspense…Oliver North, Host of War Stories on Fox News and author of the nationwide bestseller, Counterfeit Lies.
www.OliverNorth.com

“Election: Unrestricted Warfare is taken straight from today’s headlines. This powerful novel teaches truth while entertaining readers; it has everything you’d want in an engrossing political thriller and is written by a genuine American hero…”Kevin D. Freeman, author of Game Plan: How to Prepare for the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack and Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the US Stock Market.

“Election: Unrestricted Warfare is a gripping read for everyone, even if politics and warfare are not your favorite subjects…Chris Graham is a gifted writer with tremendous understanding of irregular, unrestricted, and political warfare.”John Guandolo, Former FBI Counterterrorism Division agent and author of Raising a Jihadi Generation: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in America.
www.understandingthethreat.com

We had a brief interview with Chris recently (GEW is Global Economic Warfare and CG is Chris Graham). Here are excerpts:

GEW: Chris, you were a Marine lieutenant colonel and a founding member of an anti-terrorism unit. Was that the origin of your interest in Unrestricted Warfare?

CG: Actually, I have been interested in irregular warfare tactics and strategy for as long as I can remember. I remember making files on the US hostages in Beirut and the Achille Lauro hijacking as a kid in an attempt to piece together from news articles who was involved and what their tactics were. I became interested in Unrestricted Warfare, specifically, when I first accessed an English translation of the PLA document with that name many years ago.

GEW: So what motivated you to write on this subject, and why fiction?

CG: I wanted to open people’s eyes to some of the realities of how our adversaries have advocated applying these techniques to achieve their objectives by using evocative fiction. I wanted to write something that would be valuable for a guy who might have a great deal of operational special operations experience as well as for a naïve friend who might only be interested in entertainment, but who will still walk away with new insights.

GEW: The book is developed in multiple independent story threads that come together later and there are mysteries that an astute reader can solve as they go. It is not something to read while distracted. How do you describe the story?

CG: It was definitely my goal to do something innovative. The story is a narrative of tragically real acts of terrorism, intelligence operations consistent with the Unrestricted Warfare strategy that Chinese Col. Wang Xiangsui and Col. Qiao Liang wrote about along with a thread about a fictional American President and the attempts to manipulate her through the 2016 election.

GEW: In fact, your fictional president is operating a charitable foundation that is taking in money from a number of malefactors. Is this a fictionalized Clinton Foundation?

CG: Some of the questions I wanted to explore with this novel were: What if each Presidential scandal we have seen in recent years wasn’t the result of chance? What if we dismissed the possibility of coincidence? What if each self-defeating policy had been pursued on purpose? What would those purposes be? There are aspects of each administration, even going back to Nixon’s departure from the gold standard that I sample from, but Obama administration policies are the ones I explore the most. I created a fictional female President to make clear that my novel is not intended as an accusation against President Obama. It is a “what if” the worst case scenario played out in current events along the lines of what is knowable about our adversarys’ real strategies within my fictional parallel universe.

GEW: The cliffhanger ending takes us up to the 2016 Presidential election and the Snowden chapters are quite interesting. What were some other inspirations?

CG: Well one specific thread is the 2008 market collapse. The best early account of likely adversary involvement that I encountered to flesh out my suspicion was in your book Secret Weapon and The New England Complex Systems Institute study described in my story is something I found after you wrote about it. As you know, al Qaeda officers have openly discussed a seven stage strategy to collapse the US government by 2020. Their claims match earlier events closely, and an interview that described this seven stage strategy in 2005 seems to have accurately predicted significant events from then to the present. It appears the AQ splinter group ISIS is continuing to employ the same strategy. It doesn’t surprise me that citizens don’t have time to immerse themselves in this information, but the fact that few elected representatives understand this, and even military officers, and law enforcement agents generally don’t get it is tragic.

GEW: How vulnerable do you think we are to Unrestricted Warfare?

CG: We have no way of knowing how many more losses and missteps we can sustain in and out of war before American quality of life is significantly changed and degraded. I think we had better become much more judicious about where, when and how we fight and much more insightful of how our adversaries view these fights. Assuming technological and financial superiority in all of our future warfighting is very dangerous. Blindness to the ways adversaries have circumvented these things to achieve their objectives is even more dangerous.

GEW: Thank you, Chris, both for your great novel but even more for your service to our nation.

Sometime in the 5th century BC, the playwright Euripides penned the quote that best sums up our current election season. There are a lot of translations such as “Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first deprive of their senses” and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow settled on the now-classic version: “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” I’ve added my own touch using the word “render” because “make mad” has more than one connotation to me. Growing up, my brother could make me mad but only temporarily and not implying insanity. [As an aside, my brother has turned out to be a terrific human being … who knew?]

Secretary Clinton said something about not watching sausage being made. Sadly, we can’t un-see what we have seen. Nor can we un-hear what we heard.

Then we have the whole mess that Russia hacked the DNC. It was just four years ago that President Obama schooled Mitt Romney on how Putin was no threat (“the eighties called and they want their foreign policy back”). Guess an apology is in order.

The media, of course, simply adds to the circus. And we now know factually what we knew intuitively. Most of the media is in the tank for Clinton. Yes, a debate question was passed. Yes, insider advice was given. Yes, the media sat on the Trump “hot mic” embarrassment as an October surprise. It appears the media pushed Trump in the primaries so they could destroy him in the general election. That was the Clinton strategy back in 2015.

But who is benefitting from the chaos? I would suggest it is our enemies–those who would seek to destroy us. Has anyone noticed that Russia is now on a war footing? They are literally acting as if World War 3 is soon to begin. And Russia and China have rarely been closer (Bloomberg calls it Bromance). Jihadists are supposedly using Trump rhetoric as a recruiting tool and Clinton as a strategic roadmap.

Our social order is crumbling. The BLM movement is polarized against the law and order crowd. Christians who are supposed to be known for their love are accused of being haters. Obamacare is in a death spiral meaning all those people supposed to be covered either will lose their providers or won’t be able to pay for it. We’ve seen riots in America that weren’t even considered possible a few years ago. What will happen after this election? Regardless of who wins, a good 40-50% of the population will feel alienated.

I want to share with you that there is no simple solution for any of this. You can’t solve it with a single candidate or election. Yes, I believe one choice is better than another and urge everyone to VOTE. The election is VERY IMPORTANT. But one election will not fix things.

Beyond voting, I am urging that you pray. If you love America and believe in God, PRAY. Repent for our sins and ask God to restore our land.

Second Chronicles 7:14 explains the process:

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” King James Version (KJV)

This Friday (October 21) I have been asked to speak at a remarkable event in Washington, DC at the Washington Monument. This is an “All Tribes” gathering of Native Peoples, the original people of this land. What is so remarkable about this is that the gathering, hosted by leaders in a Tribal Council, is to give forgiveness without asking for anything in return. As a Cherokee Citizen, I am honored to participate.

Officially, it is known as All Tribes DC, a National Day of Prayer for the First Nations, on October 21 (8 am to 5 pm). This historic gathering at the Washington Monument will represent all the Native Peoples of America coming together to pray for our nation. This humbling effort of repentance has the power to heal our culture as forgiveness replaces demanding. It has the power to restore our economy as the blessings of God can be restored to America. And it has the power to defend our land as God’s hand of protection returns to our nation.

“We the people, the host people of this great nation and the original lovers of this land, stand united with one heart and mind to bring the power of forgiveness to bear. As the host people of Turtle Island (the Earth), we forgive every atrocity and broken covenant ever designed to destroy us as a race of people. We break every curse, and renounce every lie, purposed to decimate us as human beings. We forgive the government, the church, and the educational system for the use of residential schools that attempted to destroy our culture and silence our voice as people by stealing our language.

“We stand in the gap for those who are unable or unwilling to forgive, and call upon the master of life to forgive us for harboring unforgiveness, resentment, hatred, bitterness and rage; We repent of every curse spoken over America by our ancestors and we release the power of forgiveness to bring healing and the peace of Creator God to this land. … not returning evil for the evil perpetuated against us, but on the contrary we choose to release a blessing, knowing that the father of us all has called us as his children to bless and not curse, that we may inherit a blessing.”

“We stand in faith believing that our citizenship lies in heaven, and we too, all await the return of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Being all of one mind and heart, having compassion for one another, we declare our love as brothers; not returning evil for the evil perpetuated against us, but on the contrary we choose to release a blessing, knowing that the Father of us all has called us as his children to bless and not curse, that we may inherit a blessing.”

Dr. Billy Graham has shared: “The greatest moments of Native History may lie ahead of us if a great spiritual renewal and awakening should take place. The Native American has been a sleeping giant. He is awakening. The original Americans could become the evangelists who will help win America for Christ! Remember these forgotten people!”

This event will seek the face of God, asking Him to forgive the Native Peoples as they forgive the Nation. To learn more, visit http://www.alltribesdc.org. Free tickets are available.

Will you join us in praying for America, asking God for forgiveness and willingly forgiving others?

The point is that Secretary Clinton has been exposed for saying one thing in private and another in public. Mr. Trump has been exposed as being crude in his private conversation, more graphic for sure but not all that dissimilar to his crude public statements. So which is more disqualifying?

One new revelation came from an email written by Clinton team leader John Podesta. He suggested that Clinton hates the phrase “everyday Americans.” Perhaps she prefers the term “deplorables”?

This is a very serious election with huge implications for the pillars of America. Can we believe the sincerity of Donald Trump in his repentance on issues of morality? Can we trust that Secretary Clinton won’t continue the private immorality she justified in her own family? Mr. Trump has taken many positions and built a team that should help grow our economy and strengthen national security. Will he follow through? I believe he will IF he puts that team in place. Which Clinton would govern? The one campaigning, or the one exposed as duplicitous by leaked emails?

If the Russians are willing to hack our elections and Putin wants to destroy the dollar, is there any doubt that our currency could be put at risk? Terrorist hackers are trying to crash our electric grid. Is there any doubt they’d like to crash our currency? Or, what if a hacker wanted to make our currency too strong to destroy our exports or advantage theirs?

The dollar’s global value will undoubtedly be influenced by fundamental factors like interest rates, growth, and Federal Reserve policy. But sometimes these factors are not the primary determinant of success or failure in a currency.

We are publishing the following Press Release due to the importance of the issue and the crucial timing of the message.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 September 2016

For more information contact: Jody Westby at 202-255-2700 | westby@globalcyberrisk.com

NATIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONALS AND CYBER EXPERTS CALL FOR PENTAGON INTERVENTION ON SURRENDER OF THE INTERNET

Washington, D.C.: Dozens of experienced national security professionals and experts on cyber threats and warfare joined forces today to urge the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to oppose the transfer of the last vestige of U.S. control of the Internet to a non-profit organization in less than a week.

As things stand now, on 1 October, President Obama intends to transfer all responsibilities for naming and numbering domain addresses on the Internet to a non-profit organization known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Should that happen, the United States will no longer have any control over the addresses that serve to make all websites accessible and allow users to connect to the Internet. Currently, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) reviews all new addresses and authorizes them to be posted to the authoritative root server (the “A Server”) by Verisign.

In the attached letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, current and former leaders in industry, national security, homeland and cyber security express strong concerns about the likely implications of such a step and seek a one-year delay to allow full consideration of these issues:
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority function is critical to our nation’s ability to effectively defend our national assets and civilian population and ensure integrity in our cyberwarfare capabilities….DoD is reliant upon private sector critical infrastructure for its operations, and the integrity and security of the IP addresses associated with these assets are equally important to the protection of the American people.

Of…immediate concern to us…is the prospect that the United States might be transferring to future adversaries a capability that could facilitate, particularly in time of conflict, cyberwarfare against us. In the absence of NTIA’s stewardship, we would be unable to be certain about the legitimacy of all IP addresses or whether they have been, in some form or fashion, manipulated, or compromised. Given the reliance of the U.S. military and critical infrastructure on the Internet, we must not allow it to be put needlessly at risk.

The signatories, headed by storied leaders of the defense industrial sector and cyberspace, CACI International’s Executive Chairman, J.P. “Jack” London, and the former Chairman of Network Solutions, Michael A. Daniels, represent several centuries’ worth of experience in safeguarding America and its computer systems. They conclude with the bottom line: “There is, to our knowledge, no compelling reason for exposing the national security to such a risk by transferring our remaining control of the Internet in this way at this time.”

To learn more about what is at stake and the necessity of the executive branch and/or the Congress preventing this needless and avoidable disaster, contact Jody Westby, CEO of Global Cyber Risk LLC, at 202-255-2700 or westby@globalcyberrisk.com.

As individuals with extensive, first-hand experience with protecting our national security, we write to urge you to intervene in opposition to an imminent action that would, in our judgment, cause profound and irreversible damage to the United States’ vital interests.

On October 1st, the contract between the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will expire. Upon expiration, the President will allow the Government’s remaining control over the Internet to transfer to ICANN. This includes the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function and NTIA’s review of all Internet Protocol addresses and authorization for them to be placed on the authoritative root server (the A Server). In simple terms, nothing now is accessible on the Internet until it has undergone an IP address assignment and NTIA review and NTIA has authorized Verisign to post the address to the A server.

The IANA function is critical to our nation’s ability to effectively defend our national assets and civilian population and ensure integrity in our cyberwarfare capabilities. As Congress has considered this transfer of authority, it has stated that ICANN should ensure that .mil and .gov remain exclusive to DoD and that all IP addresses assigned to DoD are used exclusively by the Government. That ignores the fact that DoD is reliant upon private sector critical infrastructure for its operations, and the integrity and security of the IP addresses associated with these assets are equally important to the protection of the American people.

In the absence of U.S. Government involvement in IANA, it seems possible that, over time, foreign powers – including potentially or actually hostile ones – will be able to influence the IANA process. Even coercing the delay in approving IP addresses could impact military capabilities. From a broader view, given the well-documented ambition of these actors to restrict freedom of expression and/or entrepreneurial activity on the Internet, such a transfer of authority to ICANN could have far-reaching and undesirable consequences for untold numbers of people worldwide.

Of more immediate concern to us, however, is the prospect that the United States might be transferring to future adversaries a capability that could facilitate, particularly in time of conflict, cyberwarfare against us. In the absence of NTIA’s stewardship, we would be unable to be certain about the legitimacy of all IP addresses or whether they have been, in some form or fashion, manipulated, or compromised. Given the reliance of the U.S. military and critical infrastructure on the Internet, we must not allow it to be put needlessly at risk.

Indeed, there is, to our knowledge, no compelling reason for exposing the national security to such a risk by transferring our remaining control of the Internet in this way at this time.

In light of the looming deadline, we feel compelled to urge you to impress upon President Obama that the contract between NTIA and ICANN cannot be safely terminated at this point. At a minimum, given the irreversible character of this decision and its potential for grave and enduring harm to our national security and other vital interests, the decision should be delayed.